Ode To Virginia Poem by Talile Ali

TODAY I FELT MY MOM'S SOUL PASSING
T'WAS AGES AGO, NOT DAYS, IT SEEMS
FEELS LIKE I SPOKE TO HER YESTERDAY
OF ALL OUR HOPES, & LOVES, & DREAMS
IN MY HEART HOW SHE DID RECOVER
& NOT QUIETLY IN THAT DEEP SLEEP
FINALLY WITH DAD, WHO LOVES HER
IN THAT, I SMILE, & OFTEN WEEP
MY FAMILY MORNS HER BLESSED PASSING
& SO TO HER ALL HER FRIENDS & KIN
TRULY A UNIQUE, REMARKABLE LADY
QUEEN OF THE COME-BACKS, TIL THE END
I PRAY THAT THERE'LL BE ANGELS SINGING
AND WALKS WITH DAD IN FIELDS SO BLUE
THO I'M NOT BE THERE TO WALK BESIDE'EM
I HOPE THEY'RE CUDDLIN' LIKE ME & YOU
BRING PEACE TO HER & THOSE BESIDE HER
COMPASSION, HOPE & FREE OF PAIN
TO ALL OF HER CHILDREN AND THEIR OFFSPRING
HAVE PASSAGE UPON MOM'S PEACE TRAIN
GOOD BYE TO YOU, MY DEAREST DARLING
BE SATISFIED WITH ALL YOUR FRUIT
MAY ALL WHO LOVE YOU, KNOW YOUR BLESSINGS
AND KNOW YOUR JOY IN THEIR PURSUITS
LET'S SING THIS BALLAD TO VIRGINIA ALI
THAT LIGHT THAT CUTS STRAIGHT THRU THE DARK
OUR WORLD RECOGNIZES THE BLESSING YOU ARE
FOR ALL, IN LOVE, WE KNOW YOUR HEART